Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act of 2016, (FAIR ACT) introduced by Senators Brian Schatz and Ben Cardin.

Over the past six years, federal employee wages increased 3.3 percent, while private-sector wages rose 11.3 percent, the cost of living increased 9.2 percent and premiums for the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) rose 20 percent. The 5.3 percent pay increase proposed by the FAIR Act is based on the difference between the combined federal pay adjustments that federal employees received between 2013 and 2016. Over the last six years, through pay freezes, small raises and increased worker contributions to retirement benefits, federal employees have sacrificed what will amount to $182 billion in compensation over ten years; a number that will continue to grow because all the cuts were permanent. On behalf of the five million federal and postal employees please do what is right!